[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] terian Seminary of Edinburgh, Scotland, after which he traveled for several months in England and upon the Continent. Upon his return he resumed his stu-dies in the seminary and graduated with his class in May. 1850. During the year which immediately fol-lowed he was engaged in teaching, and at the same time, for three months, in serving the Presbyterian Church at Piermont, N. A*.; and then as stated supply for seven months, during the illness of the pastor, he occupied the pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church of Jersey City. While engage^ in this field of labor he received a call from the Presbyterian Church of Sing Sing, N. A"., and on the first Sabbath of August, 1851, he commenced a labor which has not yet ended. From that time to the present all his ta-lent and energies have been wholly devoted to the task of building up the church over which he presides and advancing the cause of Christ in the community. His labors in this field have been arduous and con-stant, and have been crowned with well merited suc-cess. The church, which at the commencement of his pastorate, was feeble, consisting of only eighty members, ha-now a membership of about four hun-dred, and the humble church building is replaced by one of the finest edifices on the Hudson River. Dur-